Journal 3

Duke Ellington was an African American composer who not only lead big bands, but also played in them.  He wrote over 1,000 multi genre songs and played (mostly) trumpet and piano.  His popularity translated into writing movie scores and world tours.  He also didn't refer to his music as a certain genre but called it "American music". Before he died, Ellington won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award along with many other awards that displayed his contributions to music.  Some of his passion for writing songs was because he was fueled by competition from other musicians of the time.

Pronunciation:

1. "oo" sound changes to "ah".
2. "ee" sound changed to "eh".
3. "th" changed to "tuh'".

Grammar:

1. All words starting with s end in "ranop".
2. Possessive formed "Coffee of Ronald" instead of "Ronald's Coffee". 
3. When expressing opinion, all caps used to indicate yelling. 

Vocabulary:

1. "Fruit looping" means eating in a restaurant.
2. "Rough landing" is an expression of dislike towards something.
3. "Playing weatherman" means lying.

Beth (Ben's foreign date) walked through the door, while Ben held it open.
"SUREANOP IS A GAHD DAY FOR FRUIT LOOPING," Beth said.
 "Agreed buttercup, have you ever been to Olive Garden?" Ben replied. 
"No, but tuh' fahd of my mother is just like it according to my dad, but tuh'ere is a rough landing for meh wituh' him is the opinon of our counselor".  Ben looked confused,
"Oh I'm sorry, how is your father?".
 "LAST I HEARD HEH IS GAHD" she replied.  Ben looked even more confused,
"Your father is god?" he asked.
 "NO, HEH IS GAHD AND HAPPEH" she stated. 
"Oh yes, yes of course my love, my mistake," Ben said acting as if the culture barrier did not effect him.  "What are you going to order?" Ben asked.
 "I TUH'INK TUH' CHEHSBURGER LAHKS GAHD" Beth yelled.  As Beth yelled some of the surrounding people gave her some questioning looks. 
"Sugarplum there is no cheeseburger on the menu," Ben said quietly, embarrassed. 
"YAHR PLAYING TUH' WEATUH'MAN, THE BURGER OF OLIVE GARDEN IS RIGHT HEHR," Beth said drawing more stares.  Ben took the menu and glazed it over.
 "Right hehr," Beth pointed. 
"Gumdrop that is a picture of a wine bottle," Ben said with a tone of sharp annoyance.  Surrounding kids started snickering with laughter.
"What is tuh' humor of you?" Beth asked them.  The kids promptly looked away.
"TUH'IS LAHKS GAHD," Beth said, pointing to a fork on the table.  Ben's face reddened and he said,
"Why don't we just get some of those Fruit Loops you were wanting?".